Atsushi Koyama

Human forms interacting with mechanical parts on a black canvas, Atsushi Koyama produces his oil paintings while listening to electronic music. Separately, the technical diagrams and anatomical studies look very classical, but combined, in oil on canvas it takes on a completely new life. Atsushi Koyama holds a degree in 'Fine Art' and 'Mathematics', well represented in his art...

Creating on the borderline of art and science with electronic sounds filling his workspace resulted in the 'Metamachine project'. A collaboration between Atsushi Koyama, Frantic Gallery and Abonded Audio.

Chicara Nagata 2

It's not about speed, it's all about design and emotion. Looking at Chicara Nagata's bikes, high end finish and the beautiful materials, you can't but wonder how would it feel to drive one.
We mentioned Chicara before, but these moped are just exquisite and not something most custom builders usually tackle. Small mopeds with great style...

This little 25cc Honda in fact is designed to be a surveillance camera.

Nagai Hideyuki

Japanese artist Nagai Hideyuki drawings just pop up out of his sketchbook. Only using a pencil this 21 year old artist knows all the tricks of light and perspective to create these amazing 3D drawings. Inspired by street artists but by bound by the strict laws in Japan, he made up his own way to play with the viewer's mind.

You can Nagai Hideyuki creating more his 3D drawings on his youtube channel.

Nobuhiro Nakanishi

This is the amazing multi-layered world of Japanese artist Nobuhiro Nakanishi. His work is defined by the subtle changes of time turned into a three-dimensional physical sculpture or installation. It is a completely different experience from the typical flat picture we are used to.
Nobuhiro Nakanishi calls it multi layered drawings. Photographs taken over a period of time are printed out and mounted on acryl sheets.

Pictures courtesy of Kayhya Hildebrand Gallery

Shinya Arimoto

Shinya Arimoto was born in 1971 in Osaka, Japan. Leading and supervising the artist-run 'Totem Pole Photo Gallery', and teaching photography at the Tokyo school of visual arts. Shinay is drawn to the square format, and is influenced by Lee Friedlander, Garry Winnogrand, Diane Arbus and the sixties.
His advice to stating Photographers; "Simply keep photographing, and sharing those photographs. It doesn’t matter how – exhibitions, in print, websites, anything."
Interested in extraordinary ordinary people and enjoying to connect with them set him off on his lengthly travels. Mostly presenting his street photography in beautifully graded black & white prints.
If you find yourself in Tokyo you might as well visit the 'Totem Pole Photo Gallery'.

Hiroshi Watanabe

"Artifacts" Things from Japanese internment camps; Hiroshi Watanabe.

This series started when Hiroshi Watanabe was commissioned by the San Jose museum of art. The project was to photograph the city's Japantown. You can read the story about his work on "Artifacts" here. 

The Photographs are of a beautiful simplicity. Very well printed and with a great soft tonal range, as is all Hiroshi Watanabe's work. I had the opportunity seeing his work at the 8th "Angkor Photo Festival" (Siem Reap, Cambodia). Most of the work was from the series "Kabuki players", prints and presentation were of very high standard.